Pierce breathed a sigh of relief, but was also filled with anger.
As an elite of Kalentia and a bodyguard of the princess, he should absolutely crush these worthless scoundrels from the City of Kindling!
Even without activating Armament, they should have won easily!
As a result, he was actually forced to use his Armament by the opponent first!
You deserve to die!
Once Pierce is fully Armament, he no longer needs to focus on defense.
Therefore, he ignored the three Sword of Mirrors that were slashing at him from different angles, and instead calmed his mind to focus on building his own Echo.
This is his trump card—
A third-tier Flame Lineage Echo, [Crimson Flame Dragon]!
This circuit has a total of five nodes and is a special amplification circuit with a difficulty rating of "Hard"!
This skill is only available to elite Tier 3 Echoer!
Then, a faint dragon's roar was heard!
The air was distorted by the scorching heat, and sparks kept emerging from the void, swirling and converging!
First, it solidified into a blazing white core, and then flames spread and grew along the skeleton like flesh and blood—
Dragon head, dragon body, dragon claws!
The next instant, a fiery dragon, its entire body ablaze, slowly emerged from above the arena, baring its fangs and claws.
The fire dragon raised its head and spread its wings, instantly raising the temperature of the entire arena to a suffocating level.
"You minions! Give me the feeling of absolute power!!!"
Pierce reached out and pointed heavily at Qiji.
The fiery dragon locked onto its target in an instant and roared as it swooped down.
The terrifying power of this attack caused the four children below the stage to change color.
If it were Qiji Sakuya in his prime, they naturally wouldn't need to worry.
But now, with Qiji in a wheelchair, there's no way she can dodge this attack!
"Qiji- kun?!" The group exclaimed in surprise.
Even the comments section was filled with apprehension for Qiji.
"Holy crap, we've been countered! The ' Prisoner Ji Sword Control' can't break through his defenses! This guy can safely unleash his ultimate move!"
"This Flame Dragon Echo feels like the most powerful Echo I've seen so far in the competition!"
"Hajiqi, live!"
Outside the stadium.
Xiwang couldn't help but grip the armrests of the wheelchair tightly, her heart clenching with worry for her brother.
Seeing Xiwang's mouth wide open, Lingxing, who was sitting on her lap, started throwing popcorn into it.
On the arena.
Facing the roaring, charging fire dragon, Qiji remained calm; instead, a slight smile played on his lips beneath his mask.
Is it finally time to break the first seal?
Qiji slightly beckoned to the Sword of Mirrors, and in an instant, all three Sword of Mirrors disintegrated and flew back.
With a flash of light, the countless fragments reassembled into the [Thousand Faces] card.
Then, Qiji clenched his fist tightly in the air.
"Click!"
The [Thousand Faces] card shattered instantly!
In an instant, the [Thousand Faces] card on the system panel went completely dark.
Three words slowly appeared on the card:
"Damaged".
That's right, at this moment, Qiji chose to destroy [Thousand Faces]!
Of course, this is not true destruction, only temporary.
[Thousand Faces] will automatically repair itself.
But what Qiji wanted was this brief moment of "death"!
Without hesitation, Qiji reached out and touched the [Silver Wish] beneath his collar.
Only three of the [Equivalent Wish] can exist at the same time.
Qiji's three credit limits had already been used up.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, Qiji cannot take out another loan until he has repaid these three costs.
However, theory is just theory, while what Qiji possesses is the ability to transcend theory in practice!
The moment [Thousand Faces] was destroyed, the second wish on [Silver Wish] also dimmed.
The content of that prayer was:
[At the cost of "Thousand Faces" Infinite Weakening for the next month, the strength of "Person in the Mirror" is infinitely increased within ten minutes.]
As the saying goes, a person's debts are wiped out upon death, and the same applies to Equivalent Wish.
Since [Thousand Faces] is "dead," this prayer for [Thousand Faces] will naturally cease to exist temporarily.
So, naturally, one of the three wish slots on Qiji's profile remained empty.
Now, Qiji has released a new [Equivalent Wish II] --
[At the cost of spending half a month in a wheelchair, I'm exempt from the weakness of "Equivalent Wish One" for ten minutes!]
When initiating a wish, Qiji can propose a price; if [Silver Wish] agrees, it will take effect.
If not, [Silver Wish] will provide several options that it considers equivalent for Qiji to choose from.
And at this moment, the loan went surprisingly smoothly!
The credit limit was approved in just ten minutes!
[Silver Wish] has accepted Qiji's "deal".
Then, Qiji smiled.
In other words, he essentially received this ten-minute exemption without paying any new price!
Because when Qiji said "to be in a wheelchair for half a month," he didn't say "the next half month."
You should know that he's been in a wheelchair for almost half a month now!
And at this moment, this past half month is also counted as "half a month".
This explains why Qiji came to the competition in a wheelchair.
Firstly, this can be considered a prelude to his [Ritual Two].
Secondly, it's also to better play the fool and outmaneuver the cunning.
Having read many online novels in his previous life, and having been a genius for so long, he was starting to feel a bit restless and itchy.
I want to experience what it's like to be proven wrong.
Thirdly, it serves as the "price" directly for making a wish at this moment.
Of course, aside from the three reasons Qiji above, there is actually an even more important reason:
"For aesthetic purposes."
Yes, that's right, it's all for aesthetics.
Because of his current physical weakness, Qiji walked with unsteady and slow steps, and even limped...
That looks so cheap!
This was something he absolutely could not accept.
Rather than that, it would be better to become a wheelchair user.
At least it looks somewhat classy.
However, the game of "pretending to be a pig" ends here.
Now it's time to "eat the tiger"!
The moment the prayer took effect, Qiji returned in full glory!
No, he is even stronger now than he was at his peak!
The inlay of Myth Fragment and Legend Fragment greatly enhanced Qiji's spiritual body!
Now, in the Tide Grand Competition, everyone is fighting as spirits!
Do you even understand the stats of Myth Fragment and Legendary Shards?
Qiji slowly stood up from his wheelchair.
This scene was first noticed by viewers who were intently watching the screen, and the live stream chat immediately exploded with comments:
"Holy crap! Wait! What did I just see?!"
"Prisoner Ji has stood up from his wheelchair!"
"Guys, this is a medical Miracle! (doge)"
"I feel it! They're back, they're all back!"
Although it seems like a long time has passed, in reality, it was only a moment from when Qiji destroyed the [Thousand Faces] card to when he activated the prayer.
Pierce's furious roar still echoed in the ring.
"Feel—absolute power!!!"
"Absolute power?"
Upon hearing Pierce's boastful words, Qiji let out a sneer.
He stood up from his wheelchair, took a step forward, and tilted his head to look at Pierce.
A fiery dragon descended from the sky, roaring as it pounced from behind Qiji.
However, Qiji didn't even glance behind him; he simply raised his arm and gently flicked it backward.
"Let me tell you, the so-called power is used to describe this kind of thing."
Qiji waved his hand nonchalantly.
That enormous, terrifying, and seemingly indestructible fire dragon actually collapsed with a bang beside his palm in such an unbelievable way.
In an instant, like fireworks bursting, shattered fire rain scattered across the entire arena, dazzling and mesmerizing.
Qiji clicked her tongue and commented:
"Your Echo is certainly fancy enough; it might be suitable as a celebratory performance when I win the big game."
In this situation, the live chat screen instantly exploded with comments:
"Holy crap! Prisoner Ji! Awesome!!!"
"One strike turned the Fiery Dragon into fireworks! Tell me, who else can do that?!"
"They're back! The omnipotent, all-crushing Prisoner Ji is back!!!"
"Hilarious! Absolute power? Absolute fireworks!"
"Ahhh! This is the Prisoner Ji I've been wanting to see!"
"I've been lying here like a corpse for so long, I'm dying of boredom!!!"